Monthly Archives: June 2013

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
African markets are relatively small and new to Taiwan, but their strong economic growth could turn them into drivers of the country’s exports, Taiwan’s main trade promotion body said Tuesday. Africa, along with other emerging markets,…

Originally posted on Food (Policy) For Thought:
I am a huge learning addict. Case in point – this blog, which gives me a good reason to go and do hours (sometimes) of research on things such as flood prevention or…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Camels cover dozens of kilometres in search of water; average distances to watering points in the outskirts of Marsabit and Moyale, in the upper east corner of Kenya, run into dozens of kilometres (photo by…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
New 5-minute ILRI film, New approaches to chicken farming reduce poverty without adding to disease risks.  ‘. . . Before he got into chickens, Bradshaw had raised pork and cattle on Greenfire Farms, his plot of…

Originally posted on PENAPH:
The Asia Pacific Participatory Epidemiology Network (APPEN) based at Chiang Mai University is holding its first Introductory Training for PE Practitioners. The course is divided into two 5-day sessions. The first session was held at Khon…

Originally posted on CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish:
A 2 day Tanzania dairy value chain impact pathways workshop was held on 7-8 May 2013 to communicate and validate the program’s intervention logic in the Tanzania dairy value chain,…

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
Papua New Guineans Protest Land Grabs in 2011. Image courtesy Greenpeace. The BBC yesterday reported on a new database covering global land acquisitions by governments and private investors and arrived at the conclusion that…

Originally posted on Food (Policy) For Thought:
Have you ever wondered how cities today, and in the past, are provided with the immense amounts of food they need to feed their inhabitants? Carolyn Steel gives a fascinating overview on the…

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
Now that summer is here and I have a bit of time away from the classroom, I’ve been spending a fair bit of time in my garden. I’ve also been catching up on some…

Originally posted on Food (Policy) For Thought:
These past days, dramatic scenes have unfolded all over Germany and Central Europe in general: after unrelenting rainfalls had overburdened the natural absorption capacity of soils and riverbeds, massive floods spread throughout Central…

Originally posted on Food (Policy) For Thought:
This weekend, David Cameron hosted the G8 “Hunger Summit” in Northern Ireland, resulting in promises, pledges, praise – and a lot of backlash from African civil society, who this summit was supposed to…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
This week’s summary on the news stories, reports and blogs that have grabbed our attention. We welcome your thoughts and comments on these articles. Global Action on Nutrition, ICRISAT…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
The 19th OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2013-2022 was recently released, which is an annual report on projections for 15 agricultural products over a ten year period. It covers OECD countries…

Originally posted on CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish:
From 9-11 September 2013, the CGIAR research programs on ‘policies, institutions and markets’ and ‘livestock and fish’ will organize a first AgriFood Chain Toolkit conference in Kampala. The AgriFood chain…

Originally posted on CH4D:
Back row:   Yordanos Mekonnen, Eshetu Zerihun, Said Mohammed, Michael Temesgen, Gelane Kumssa , Judy Bettridge,  Camilla Brena, Alemayehu Guteta, Jibril Yusuf Front row:  Zelalem Gutu, Marisol Collins All fieldwork has now been completed. The eight…

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
Dead livestock are scattered on the ground in drought-ridden Somalia. Image courtesy FAO FEWS. A new study exploring the root causes of the two-decade drought that ravaged the African Sahel from the 1970s to…

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
Danielle Nierenberg and Ellen Gustafson at Food Tank posted a list of “15 Websites Saving the Environment by Changing the Food System.” As usual, they’ve done their research and have a pretty good list…

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
A report in the medical journal The Lancet last week argued  that undernutrition is responsible for approximately 45 percent of all under-five child deaths around the world. Some 3.1 million children die each year…

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
The US Circuit Court of Appeals this morning issued a victory to Monsanto, affirming the decision of a lower court that found organic growers could not seek to block Monsanto from suing for contamination…

See on Scoop.it – Food supply & food safety Who Calls for Action Against Malnutrition AllAfrica.com Governments should take serious action against malnutrition to reduce the rate at which the vice is claiming lives of children, the World Health Organisation … Continue reading →

See on Scoop.it – Food supply & food safety LONDON, United-Kingdom, June 10, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Nigeria’s Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Dr. Akinwumi Adesina attended G8 Food Security and Nutrition events this weekend … See on … Continue reading →

See on Scoop.it – Food supply & food safety Roughly 165 million children worldwide will have poor health, lower IQ, and decreased earning potential due to malnutrition. See on http://www.mnn.com

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Originally posted on CH4D:
Chickens have had a variety of samples taken; blood will allow us to look for different diseases which may be circulating in the population, and also allows us to look at the genetics of the…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Tom Olaka, a community animal health worker in Karamajong, northern Uganda, was part of a vaccination campaign in remote areas of the Horn of Africa that drove the cattle plague rinderpest to extinction in 2010…

Originally posted on CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish:
This video, narrated by Livestock and Fish director Tom Randolph explains why meat, milk and fish are critical to the poor both as food and income and how the CGIAR…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
From 25-31 May, Nairobi was host to a ‘Week on Agricultural Innovation in Africa.’ Here ILRI’s Jo Cadilhon reflects on the International workshop on agricultural innovation systems in Africa held as part of the week.…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Neville Clarke, former chair of ILRI’s board of trustees and winner of the 2013 Special Service Award from the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (photo credit: Texas A&M AgriLife Research). Texas A &…

Originally posted on Feeding innovation:
Feed for cattle in vietnam The World Bank just released a new report that “assesses where the demand for feed [for ruminants in developing countries] is likely to change the most, and where investments in…

Originally posted on Feeding innovation:
From 23-24 May this year, a group of feed specialists from ILRI, CIAT, ICARDA and partner institutes got together in Addis Ababa to further elaborate the TechFit tool. This followed from a March 2013 meeting…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
A herd of sheep and goats in northern Kenya (photo on Flickr by gordontour). The dry areas of the developing world occupy over 40% of the earth’s surface and are home to some 2.5 billion…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
A herd of sheep and goats in northern Kenya (photo on Flickr by gordontour). The dry areas of the developing world occupy over 40% of the earth’s surface and are home to some 2.5 billion…

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
Pivot Agriculture in Libya (image courtesy FutureAtalas.com on Flickr) I’ve written previously about the problem of food waste and freeganism as a political movement to address that waste. Now, Pope Francis has entered the…

Originally posted on Mohammed Bello Tukur:
TRANSHUMANT PASTORALISTS AND INSECURITY IN NIGERIA – PART II. by Mohammed Bello Tukur Esq. Ag. Secretary General of Confederation of Traditional Herder Organizations in Africa (CORET) – Nigeria. As indicated in the first part…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
  By Klaus Wille – Jun 9, 2013 Africa is experiencing the strongest growth in new sovereign wealth funds in the world as the continent’s nations are amassing commodity revenues and foreign-exchange reserves, according to JPMorgan…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
BY Dinfin Mulupi  Source:  http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/how-farm-shop-is-modernising-the-agro-dealership-experience/26942/ Social enterprise Farm Shop is building a franchise network of agro dealers located in rural, underserved areas of Kenya. Farm Shop says its retail shops are clean, modern, and professionally managed.…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
Experts say a ‘total economic valuation’ is needed to fully appreciate pastoralists’ contribution to national economies NAIROBI, 16 May 2013 (IRIN) – Pastoralism is often regarded as an antiquated practice ill-suited to the modern economy, yet…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
  By Adam Green   – 16 May 2013   Agricultural imports are on the rise, as African economies struggle to meet growing demand A rising middle class, expanding population and stagnant local agricultural production are driving up Africa’s food…

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
Gum Arabic Sap on an Acacia Tree According to a report by the BBC, ongoing fighting in the Darfur region of South Sudan is being fuelled in part by demand for gum arabic. The…

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
The state legislature in Connecticut passed a bill last week that it would make it the first state in the county to mandate labeling of products produced with genetically engineered ingredients. Surprisingly, the bill,…

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Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
This week’s summary on the news stories, reports and blogs that have grabbed our attention. We welcome your thoughts and comments on these articles. Food Security To Be At…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
As we wait to hear from global policy leaders meeting at the Nutrition for Growth summit in London tomorrow, we have been thinking about all the different ways that…

Originally posted on CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish:
USAID, USDA, CGIAR and other partners are developing ‘inventories’ to help drive widespread adaptation, dissemination, and adoption of critical agricultural technologies. The inventories will provide a technical evidence base to…